The new job

I went into work on Friday to meet with my boss (Konrad Schmid) in order to try and get some sense of what this all is "really going to be like." Given that it's been in the works for the past, oh three years, it seems near miraculous that it has actually come to pass.

And, in spite of my worst fears, I really do have a job, my boss continues to seem laid back and inviting, and I really can continue to work on my dissertation most of the time.

OK, the really cool thing though, is that the University of Zurich theology department is in the back of an ur-ancient church called the Grossmunster (I guess it was a monestary before the Reformation). When I walk inside, I get this silly glimmer in my eye trying to keep myself a little under control. (Here's the review from tripadvisor.com): "This 12th-century cathedral has both historical and architectural significance: Ulrich Zwingli led an important sect of the Reformation from here in the early 1500s, and the cathedral's twin towers serve as perhaps the most recognizable landmarks in modern Zürich."